"The FOFA helps America increase our resilience to catastrophic wildfires, restore forest health and build fire-safety defenses for communities in high-risk areas. It's a good bipartisan start (rare these days!) to protecting forests so trees can continue their important work pulling climate pollution out of the atmosphere. In the U.S., the annual area burned by wildfires has more than doubled over the past 30 years."
"In California alone, acreage burned by wildfires every year has more than tripled over the past 40 years. In addition to the lost carbon storage, wildfires cost lives, create harmful smoke pollution and make it more expensive to insure and rebuild our communities. We need to take action to reduce these threats. The FOFA can help, and Congress should pass this bill."
"The federal government's Department of Education has ruled that registered nursing is not a professional degree and is canceling grants and loans for their education. Becoming a nurse is a way for working-class and middle-class Americans to better themselves. This new rule is attacking the nurses who help save lives. This directly affects future nurses and our patients who need their care."
The Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) aims to increase resilience to catastrophic wildfires, restore forest health, and build fire-safety defenses for high-risk communities. Annual U.S. wildfire area burned has more than doubled over 30 years, and California acreage burned yearly has more than tripled over 40 years. Wildfires reduce carbon storage, cost lives, produce harmful smoke, and raise insurance and rebuilding expenses. The Downtown Street Team hired homeless and unemployed people for cleanup, training, placement assistance, and housing help but closed Oct. 31, 2025, due to lack of funding. A Department of Education ruling removes grants and loans for registered nursing education, threatening access to nursing careers and patient care.
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